Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) is among the House Judiciary Committee Democrats probing the FBI director’s use of a government jet.
The leftist lawmakers claim that mainstream media reports indicate that FBI Director Kash Patel used the organization’s Gulfstream passenger jet for “a series of recent flights for a ‘date night’ in Tennessee and an outing with friends in Texas,” according to CBS News. The committee is asking Patel to produce travel records, communication with passengers, as well as any passenger information he might have, in an effort to prove that he has misused the jet for personal reasons.
Ranking committee member Raskin is joined by Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) in his investigation into the matter.
“You flew there because your girlfriend was performing at a wrestling match on the campus of Pennsylvania State University,” they accused in a letter to the director. “After attending her performance, you used the government’s jet to fly with her home to Nashville the following day. Your ‘date night’ had no apparent connections to your official duties.”
“Later that weekend, you took the FBI jet to San Angelo, Texas, for four days, where Republican Party mega-donor Bubba Saulsbury hosted you at Boondoggle Ranch—’a scenic hunting resort’ that touts itself as the ideal place to ‘waste money or time on unnecessary or questionable projects,'” the pair continued.
The Democrats claim that public social media posts from Patel’s girlfriend and flight logs prove that he had been using the jet for travel, and they demand that all requested information be handed over to them by December 15. It’s worth noting that they do not have the power to subpoena the information, however, as they are acting as minority members of the House Judiciary Committee. This means that any cooperation by the FBI and Patel himself would effectively be voluntary and in the interest of transparency.
“These planes are not yours. They are the property of the U.S. Government and are paid for by the American people,” the Democratic duo wrote.
“FBI directors are required by executive branch policy to use government aircraft for air travel, whether official or personal. That allows them to maintain access to secure communications wherever they travel and to move quickly in the event of an emergency. They must reimburse the government for personal flights at coach fare rates. Directors are permitted to take family or friends on personal trips, but the cost of their trips must be reimbursed to the government, as well,” CBS’s report notes.
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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